Bacon helped defeat the Nazis

“During World War II, people could turn in their bacon grease in exchange for food coupons,” he said.
“The government would take the bacon grease and turn it into explosives. That’s because bacon contains glycerol, which becomes nitroglycerine and TNT. So Bacon defeated the Nazis,” the writer stated.

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